Category: Buddhist Books
Review: “An Artful Path to Mindfulness”
We review "An Artful Path to Mindfulness: MBSR-Based Activities for Using Creativity to Reduce Stress and Embrace the Present Moment" by Janet Slom.
Review: “The Barefoot King”
We review "The Barefoot King: A Story about Feeling Frustrated" by Andrew Jordan Nance; Illustrated by Olivia Holden.
The Problem with Calling Buddhism a Science
Michael Sheehy reviews "Why I Am Not a Buddhist," by Evan Thompson.
Buddhadharma Book Briefs for Summer 2020
Book reviews by Joie Szu-Chiao Chen from the Summer 2020 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly.
The Longstanding Debate over Vegetarianism in Tibet
In his review of Geoffrey Barstow’s "The Faults of Meat," Rory Lindsay examines the little-known teachings around vegetarianism in Tibetan Buddhism.
They Called Us Enemy
In his graphic novel, They Called Us Enemy, actor/activist George Takei tells his own story of growing up in a World War Two internment camp, shining a light on how it must feel to be in an immigration detention center today. Read an excerpt below.
Along Came a Tigress
Sara Lewis reviews "Inseparable Across Lifetimes: The Lives and Love Letters of Namtrul Rinpoche and Khandro Tare Lhamo," translated by Holly Gayley.
Buddhadharma Book Briefs for Winter 2019
Daigengna Duoer reviews "The Life of Jamgom Kongtrul the Great" by Alexander Gardner, "The Circle of the Way" by Barbara O'Brien, and more for the Winter 2019 issue of Buddhadharma.
Review: Spring and Autumn Annals
Spring and Autumn Annals is the vibrant story of a decade-long friendship, interspersed with the author's memories of her childhood in Brooklyn.
Review: “The Magnanimous Heart”
We review "The Magnanimous Heart: Compassion & Love, Loss & Grief, Joy & Liberation" by Narayan Helen Liebenson.